Sow the Seeds for a Nature-filled 2025
Plantlife suggests you try one of these resolutions to forge a deeper nature connection and protect our wild plants and fungi. Improve your Wild Plant Knowledge Download this Wildflower ID Guide here and see what you can learn about the incredible flora and fungi around the UK. Find loads of fungi [...]
Bumblebees boosted in Perthshire rewilding project
For some positive news in 2025, read this Scottish Pollinators post (3 January 2025). This describes how dedicating land to rewilding can offer solutions to the current threats to pollinators, by creating networks of nectar and pollen-rich habitat that is free from insecticides.
Top tips for growing Yellow Rattle in your wildflower meadow
Are you developing a wildflower meadow in your school grounds, home or local greenspace? August is the perfect time to get sowing certain species - including Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor. Known as the 'Meadow Maker', Yellow Rattle is one of the most important plants you need for a meadow as [...]
Young people help to create wildflower areas in North Lanarkshire parks
Local authorities are becoming much more savvy managing their parks and greenspaces. This post in Scottish pollinators A shift in emphasis (26 January 2023) describes how North Lanarkshire Council has created a series of trial wildflower areas within high profile public parks. Another smart Lanarkshire move has been to encourage the [...]
Discovering plants
Check out these informative blog posts shared by the Grow Wild news team: What leaves reveal about wildflowers Why wildflowers smell UK native plants: The meaning and the misconceptions You've sowed your wildflowers...now what?
How to identify wildflowers
Grow Wild share top tips in this blog, wildflower gallery and other resources.
